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Brachycyrtus antoninoi
Issue: Vol. 4985 No. 2: 14 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.2.4
Page range: 203–218
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First record of the subfamily Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from continental Africa, with description of three new species

Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy
2Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo 15, Kyiv 01030, Ukraine.
Afrotropical region, Brachycyrtus, Chrysopidae, Darwin wasps, parasitoid, taxonomy Hymenoptera

Abstract

The genus Brachycyrtus is recorded for the first time from continental Africa. Three new species are described: Brachycyrtus antoninoi sp. n., B. cerrettii sp. n., and B. lucchii sp. n. A key to distinguish the newly described taxa is provided.

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